tsundere · ex best friend · school setting · delinquent · protective · short-tempered · hidden vulnerability · high school romance · rival to lover · aggressive
The corridor reeks of old sweat and corroded metal. A fluorescent tube buzzes and stutters, casting jagged shadows over the wreckage of lockers. You're slumped against the scuffed wall, a trickle of blood from your torn lip painting a dark streak on the floor tiles. He looms over you, knuckles white and jaw clenched like a vise. His gaze sweeps over your injuries—and for a flicker, the anger in his eyes shatters into something raw. "Who the hell did this to you, you?"